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Fall Sports Wachovia Cup Standings Listed

Wachovia Bank, N.A., along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the standings for fall sports in the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2006-2007 academic year.

The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications. The Wachovia Cup program is in its 28th year.

Raleigh Broughton scored playoff points in five different fall sports, paced by a state championship in men’s soccer and runner-up finish in women’s tennis, to lead the 4-A classification standings. That put the Caps ahead of Providence, which was runner-up in volleyball and women’s cross country, in the state semifinals in women’s tennis and quarterfinals in football.

Chapel Hill is in third place, 2.5 points ahead of Wilmington Hoggard.

In the 3-A classification, T.C. Roberson has a 2.5-point lead over Catholic after winning men’s cross country, finishing second in women’s, getting to the state semifinals in men’s soccer and quarterfinals in women’s tennis. Catholic was runner-up in football and fourth place in both cross-country events.

Asheville is in third at 142.5 points and Wilson Fike, which had the top 3-A women’s golf team, is fourth at 130.

Cardinal Gibbons paces the 2-A standings by virtue of state titles in volleyball, men’s soccer and both men’s and women’s cross country. West Henderson is just under 50 points off the pace, with playoff points in five sports including a runner-up finish in volleyball, third in men’s cross country and fourth in women’s cross country.

Salisbury is in third place in the 2-A Cup chase and Shelby, after winning a state football crown, is in fourth.

Bishop McGuinness teams did not win a single state team championship in the fall, but scored in five different playoff sports to build its advantage over Topsail. Topsail was the top-rated team in women’s golf among the 1-A schools and was runner-up in women’s tennis to take second place.

Wachovia Cup points are determined by a system based on performance in state-championship events. All schools that finish in the top eight positions (plus ties) earn points. In the playoff events involving teams from more than one classification, Wachovia Cup points are awarded based on the school’s standing against other schools in its own classification. If fewer then eight schools from a classification compete in a sport, only those schools that are represented are eligible to receive the Wachovia Cup points.

Points are awarded for all sports as follows: 50 for first, 45 for second, 40 for third, 35 for fourth, 30 for fifth, 25 for sixth, 20 for seventh and 15 for eighth. In the event of a tie, the schools receive an equal number of points based on the number of teams that tie and the number of teams that finish higher in the standings. Five points are awarded for each sanctioned sport in which a school competes.

Wachovia Cup standings are announced three times each school year: once after the fall and winter sports, and concluding with the winner after the spring sports season ends in June. The engraved silver cups are presented during NCHSAA Day activities at UNC-Chapel Hill each fall.